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Non-clustered indexes can be numerous in SQL Server 2008 I remember from my Sybase days that SQL Server tables could support up to 255 indexes. One clustered index and 254 non-clustered indexes. In ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data work ...

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Microsoft’s proscriptive guidance provides a lot more detail about how much memory is needed to create a columnstore index on any given table and column. On the other hand, columnstore indexes are ...

The indexes on a the tables of a large database make a huge difference in its performance and utility. Without an index, locating a single record in a large table can take several seconds; with the ...

Microsoft has introduced SQL Server 2012 to the world and it's time for IT professionals to start to come to speed on what's new. Microsoft has introduced SQL Server 2012 to the world and it's time ...